Bill Barrett Corp (BBG) Earnings Report Preview For Thursday's Release
Bill Barrett (NYSE:BBG) is expected to report last fiscal quarter's results before the opening bell on February 23, 2012. Let's review how Bill Barrett has performed in recent quarters.
Who They Are:
Bill Barrett Corporation, an independent oil and gas company, engages in the exploration, development, and production of natural gas and crude oil principally in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States. The company was founded in 2002 and is based in Denver, Colorado. Bill Barrett Cp trades an average of 1.2 million shares per day and has a marketcap of $1.4 Billion.
52 Week High: $52.13
52 Week Low: $26.30
Book Value: $26.22
Float Short: 12.91%
What To Expect:
Analysts are expecting an improvement of $0.01 in earnings per share compared to last quarter's results of $0.35. The estimated mean earnings are $0.36 per share .
For the last analyst update, a low of $0.04 and a high of $0.54 per share is what Wall Street is anticipating.
Here is a look at the fiscal year revenue for Bill Barrett. 
Recent Stock and Valuation Performance:
In the last month, the stock has increased in price 2.11%, with a one year change of -25.28%.
When comparing to the S&P 500, the year to date difference is -21.42%.
Management has provided an improvement of year-over-year revenue. Revenue reported was $709.04 million for 2010 vs. $652.73 million for 2009. The bottom line has rising earnings year-over-year of $80.50 million for 2010 vs. $50.22 million for 2009.The company's earnings before interest and taxes are rising with an EBIT year-over-year of $172.36 million for 2010 vs. $118.38 million for 2009. Rising revenue along with rising earnings is a very good sign and what we want to see with our companies. Be sure to check the margins in the earnings release to make sure the bottom line is keeping up with the top line.
The short interest is relatively high at 12.91%.
Here is the last few quarters to get an idea how well they perform compared to estimates 
Reported earnings per share compared to the mean estimate. Differences are rounded.
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